{"id":1585,"date":"2013-09-30T11:04:28","date_gmt":"2013-09-30T16:04:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.premiercustomtravel.com\/blog1\/?p=1585"},"modified":"2015-06-02T15:16:34","modified_gmt":"2015-06-02T20:16:34","slug":"world-travel-awards-caribbeans-leading-cruise-line-coming-to-houston-in-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.premiercustomtravel.com\/blog1\/?p=1585","title":{"rendered":"World Travel Awards &#8220;Caribbean&#8217;s Leading Cruise Line&#8221; Coming To Houston In 2014"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We were already excited about having a new cruise line coming to Houston&#8230;and this makes it even better for Texas cruisers.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.premiercustomtravel.com\/blog1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/image005.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-802\" alt=\"image005\" src=\"http:\/\/www.premiercustomtravel.com\/blog1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/image005.jpg\" width=\"653\" height=\"167\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.premiercustomtravel.com\/blog1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/image005.jpg 653w, https:\/\/www.premiercustomtravel.com\/blog1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/image005-300x76.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 653px) 100vw, 653px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>NORWEGIAN CRUISE LINE<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><\/strong><strong>NAMED \u201cCARIBBEAN\u2019S LEADING CRUISE LINE\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Company receives honor at 20th annual World Travel Awards Gala<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.premiercustomtravel.com\/blog1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Screen-Shot-2013-09-26-at-5.05.37-PM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1586\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2013-09-26 at 5.05.37 PM\" src=\"http:\/\/www.premiercustomtravel.com\/blog1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Screen-Shot-2013-09-26-at-5.05.37-PM.png\" width=\"365\" height=\"248\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.premiercustomtravel.com\/blog1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Screen-Shot-2013-09-26-at-5.05.37-PM.png 365w, https:\/\/www.premiercustomtravel.com\/blog1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Screen-Shot-2013-09-26-at-5.05.37-PM-300x203.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 365px) 100vw, 365px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>MIAMI \u2013 Norwegian Cruise Line has been named \u201cCaribbean\u2019s Leading Cruise Line\u201d by the World Travel Awards.<\/p>\n<p>The 20th annual awards, held on September 14 in Antigua, bestow the world\u2019s top travel companies with honors for outstanding products and services and are voted on by travel professionals and consumers from around the globe. Norwegian, which has been voted Europe\u2019s Leading Cruise Line for six consecutive years as well as the World\u2019s Leading Large Ship Cruise Line, has eight spectacular Freestyle Cruising vessels sailing the Caribbean this winter from four convenient departure ports, and will soon have a ship sailing to the Caribbean year-round from Miami when Norwegian Getaway joins the fleet in February 2014.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is such an honor to receive this award from travel partners and consumers worldwide,\u201d said Kevin Sheehan, CEO of Norwegian Cruise Line. \u201cAs we prepare to introduce Norwegian Getaway to the Caribbean in February, this prestigious designation makes us very proud and I know that our Caribbean experience will be enhanced even more by this incredible new ship.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Setting sail from Miami year-round to the Eastern Caribbean, Norwegian Getaway will embody the essence of the Magic City, and feature ground breaking entertainment experiences like the GRAMMY\u00ae Experience at sea, with live performances by past GRAMMY winners and nominees; The Illusionarium is an all-new dining and entertainment experience that will envelop guests in the fascinating world of magic; Latin-inspired dance productions by Broadway sensation, Burn the Floor; performances of the seven-time Tony Award nominated musical LEGALLY BLONDE; hilarious comedy headliners produced by Levity Entertainment Group; and the sing along fun of the dueling pianos of Howl at the Moon.<\/p>\n<p>Foodies setting sail from Miami on Norwegian Getaway can feast in their choice of 27 incredible dining options, including Celebrity Chef and Food Network star Geoffrey Zakarian\u2019s three dining concepts: Ocean Blue by Geoffrey Zakarian; Ocean Blue on the Waterfront and The Raw Bar.<\/p>\n<p>Norwegian\u2019s largest ship to date, Norwegian Epic, sails to the sunny Eastern Caribbean destinations on seven-day cruises from Miami starting November 2, 2013. Voted \u201cBest Ship for Sea Days\u201d by Cruise Critic and \u201cBest Overall Cruise Ship\u201d by the readers of Travel Weekly two years in a row, Norwegian Epic will visit tropical destinations including; Philipsburg, St. Maarten; St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands and Nassau, Bahamas.<\/p>\n<p>Other ships sailing the Caribbean from Miami include Norwegian Pearl, offering seven-day cruises to the Western Caribbean and Norwegian Sun, sailing 10 or 11-day cruises to the Southern Caribbean.<\/p>\n<p>Guests in Tampa, New York City and New Orleans can also cruise to the Caribbean on Norwegian. Vacationers looking to cruise from Tampa can set sail on board Norwegian Dawn to the Western Caribbean, starting November 17, 2013. Norwegian Gem offers spectacular nine-day Eastern Caribbean cruises from New York City, starting October 19, 2013, while Norwegian Breakaway, the ship that brings the best of NYC to Sea, offers guests the chance to cruise from the Big Apple to the Bahamas &amp; Florida starting October 13, 2013. Making her debut in New Orleans this season, Norwegian Jewel will offer seven-day Western Caribbean cruises beginning October 13, 2013.<\/p>\n<p>In the fall of 2014, Norwegian Jewel will begin sailing from Houston on 7-night cruises.<\/p>\n<p>For more information or to book your cruise, please call Premier Custom Travel at (281) 301-5818 or toll-free at (800) 304-6789.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We were already excited about having a new cruise line coming to Houston&#8230;and this makes it even better for Texas cruisers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[496,503],"tags":[133,101,201],"class_list":["post-1585","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cruises","category-norwegian-jewel-preview-cruises","tag-cruises","tag-norwegian-cruise-line","tag-norwegian-jewel"],"fifu_image_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.premiercustomtravel.com\/blog1\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1585","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.premiercustomtravel.com\/blog1\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.premiercustomtravel.com\/blog1\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.premiercustomtravel.com\/blog1\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.premiercustomtravel.com\/blog1\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1585"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.premiercustomtravel.com\/blog1\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1585\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1589,"href":"https:\/\/www.premiercustomtravel.com\/blog1\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1585\/revisions\/1589"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.premiercustomtravel.com\/blog1\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1585"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.premiercustomtravel.com\/blog1\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1585"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.premiercustomtravel.com\/blog1\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1585"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}